BROOKLYN WEATHER: Winter weather again. Rain changing to snow in the morning. High 45 degrees and then it gets much colder. And slippery.
CITY NEWS: Last night, 2000 volunteers participated in a midnight count of the city’s street homeless and for the first time the count included Queens, which is considered to have the largest homeless population. The city’s Department of Homeless Services says the project helps them plan better how to assist the homeless in the city.
_A study published in "Public Health" says suburbanites are more likely to report chronic health problems, like high blood
pressure, arthritis, headaches, migraines and breathing problems than
people who lived in the city.
BROOKLYN BEAT: At Brooklyn College, a
protest against lack of diversity in the Fire Department is planned
prior to the graduation ceremony for new cadets also at Brooklyn
College.
_Come on! State Senator
Marty Golden along with some Brooklyn residents called for the removal
of posters advertising Showtime’s new series, "The L Word" on city bus
shelters. The ad features nine of the show’s characters in the nude.
"We have community standards," says Golden. "And I don’t think they are
being met."
_Forest City Ratner just cleared another major hurdle. The New York Times reported last week that "the city and the state have signed an agreement with the developer W
C. Ratner to build a new home for the Nets basketball team and at least
4,500 apartments as part of a $2.5 billion project at the Atlantic
Yards in Brooklyn."
_Have you been wondering what that crazy/cool looking trapezoidal
structure on top of the building right next to the Manhattan Bridge
is? Dubbed the Jetsons building, it is
the work of a 32-year-old architect named Dedy Blaustein; a
rooftop addition to the building that houses the architecture firm
Scarano and Associates. And there’s even cool LED lighting with
thousands of color combinations. It’s Brooklyn’s answer to the Empire State
Building.
BLOGS IN THE NEWS: The White House approved
a press pass for a blogger. Other blogger news: A lawsuit filed in
California by Apple Computer is drawing courts into
the question of whether bloggers should be considered journalists and
whether they have to reveal their sources.
IT’S TUESDAY: Writers Jonathan Lethem and Colson Whitehead take part in "Reading on
the 4th Floor," a reading series with proceeds beneifiting the creation
of a new school library at PS 107. $10. 7:30 p.m. 1301 Eighth Ave.
CLEAN YOUR CLOSETS FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Comb your closets and
toy bins for the PS 321 Winter Carnival rummage Sale. Children’s
clothing, toys, games — must be in good condition. Collection bins
will be in the main lobby at PS 321 beginning Monday 3/7.
WORTH TAKING A LOOK: The second grade art show at Starbucks. Seventh Avenue between 1st and
Garfield Place. The children’s Romare Bearden-esque cityscape collages
will be up all month.
_Check out Brooklyn Bomb Shelter, the Reader’s Digest of real Brooklyn news.
_Check out Daily Heights about life in Prospect Heights
THIS SOUNDS COOL: The Fourth Annual Planet XX: Women in Music
in honor of Women’s History month. BAMcaf